THE WHATIS.COM WORD-OF-THE-DAY October 28, 2002 Parlay ______________ TODAY'S SPONSOR: Postmaster Direct
Sign up today to receive free information and offers about computers, networking, wireless devices, security, and other timely IT topics. Choose the specific topics you would like to learn more about. Visit http://whatis.techtarget.com/postmasterDirect/ ______________ TODAY'S WORD: Parlay See our definition with hyperlinks at http://searchnetworking.techtarget.com/sDefinition/0,,sid7_gci859546,00.html Parlay (pronounced PAHR-LAY as in the French verb "parler" - to speak) is an evolving set of specifications for industry-standard application programming interfaces (APIs) for managing network "edge" services such as call control, messaging, and content-based charging. Parlay specifications are being developed by the Parlay Group, a consortium of member companies that include AT&T, BT, Cisco, IBM, Lucent, Microsoft, Nortel Networks, and others. Other companies are invited to become members. (The name Parlay may also have been chosen because its meaning to exploit existing assets successfully. In horserace betting, a parlay is a bet using the proceeds of a previous winning bet.) Use of the Parlay specifications is expected to make it easier to add new cross-platform network applications so that users need not depend solely on the proprietary offerings of carriers. The Parlay Group is not a standards group itself, but sees itself as a facilitator of needed interfaces. Application program interfaces are or will be defined for: - Authentication - Event notification - Integrity management - Operations, administration, and maintenance (OA&M) - Discovery (of the closest provider of a service) - Network control - Mobility - Performance management - Audit capabilities - Improved integrity - Generic charging and billing - Policy management - Mobile M-commerce/E-commerce - Subscriber data/user profile/virtual home environment (VHE) The Parlay APIs are said to complement and encourage use of the Advanced Intelligent Network (AIN) protocols. RELATED TERMS: application programming interface http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/sDefinition/0,,sid1_gci213778,00.html messaging http://searchsystemsmanagement.techtarget.com/sDefinition/0,,sid20_gci212554,00.html virtual home environment http://searchnetworking.techtarget.com/sDefinition/0,,sid7_gci214170,00.html Advanced Intelligent Network http://searchnetworking.techtarget.com/sDefinition/0,,sid7_gci213769,00.html ______________________ SELECTED LINKS: The Parlay Group provides more information and a copy of the specifications. http://www.parlay.org/ SearchNetworking.com has a collection of "Best Web Links for Voice-Data Convergence." http://searchnetworking.techtarget.com/bestWebLinks/0,289521,sid7_tax39e,00.html ______________________ QUIZ #30 | Troubleshooting Our latest quiz is dedicated to all of you who at one time or another, have had to troubleshoot or debug a computer-related problem. 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How long can you use the same tapes over and over before they need to be permanently retired? http://whatis.discussions.techtarget.com/WebX?msgInContext@;166.6Twoa8pir9i.0@.1dcfae0e/148!viewtype=threadDate&skip=&expand= ______________________________ RECENT ADDITIONS AND UPDATES [1] element http://whatis.techtarget.com/definition/0,,sid9_gci859557,00.html [2] OA&M http://searchnetworking.techtarget.com/sDefinition/0,,sid7_gci859556,00.html [3] portrait http://whatis.techtarget.com/definition/0,,sid9_gci859545,00.html [4] landscape http://whatis.techtarget.com/definition/0,,sid9_gci859544,00.html [5] TP0-TP4 http://searchnetworking.techtarget.com/sDefinition/0,,sid7_gci854617,00.html ____________________________________________________________________ ::::::::::::::::::: WHATIS.COM CONTACTS ::::::::::::::::::: LOWELL THING, Site Editor ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) ____________________________________________________________________ MARGARET ROUSE, Associate Editor ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) ___________________________________________________________________ :::::::::::::::::::: ABOUT THIS NEWSLETTER ::::::::::::::::::::: Published by TechTarget (http://www.techtarget.com) TechTarget - The Most Targeted IT Media Copyright 2002, All Rights Reserved. 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